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Passwd command – HP McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class User Manual

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Passwd command

Description Changes a user account’s password.

Authority Admin account name and an Admin session to change another account’s password. You can

change you own password without an Admin session.

Syntax

passwd [account_name]

Operands

[account_name]

The user account name. To change the password for an account name other than your own, you

must open an Admin session with the account name Admin. If you omit [account_name], you will

be prompted to change the password for the current account name.

Examples The following is an example of the Passwd command:

McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> passwd user2

Press 'q' and the ENTER key to abort this command.

account OLD password : ********

account NEW password (8-20 chars) : ********

please confirm account NEW password: ********

password has been changed.

See also

User command

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